thanks, i was happy with how the sound design turned out, i wanted it to be more immersive and not like just background music
yeah, i think i just needed more time to have other people test the game, i wasn't sure if having the difficulty ramp up fast would be overwhelming for new players. but maybe in this case they'd be happy just to lose and try again
i took the theme more literally at first; making the game about gladiators for the idea of "rivalry", but i agree it would be nice to have rivalry between players as well. hopefully people can just post their scores here, like you have, to be able to compare